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An instant classic when first published in 1991, How to Lie with
Maps revealed how the choices mapmakers make--consciously or
unconsciously--mean that every map inevitably presents only one of
many possible stories about the places it depicts. The principles
Mark Monmonier outlined back then remain true today, despite
significant technological changes in the making and use of maps.
The introduction and spread of digital maps and mapping software,
however, have added new wrinkles to the ever-evolving landscape of
modern mapmaking. Fully updated for the digital age, this new
edition of How to Lie with Maps examines the myriad ways that
technology offers new opportunities for cartographic mischief,
deception, and propaganda. While retaining the same brevity, range,
and humor as its predecessors, this third edition includes
significant updates throughout as well as new chapters on image
maps, prohibitive cartography, and online maps. It also includes an
expanded section of color images and an updated list of sources for
further reading.
For more than thirty years, the History of Cartography Project has
charted the course for scholarship on cartography, bringing
together research from a variety of disciplines on the creation,
dissemination, and use of maps. Volume 6, Cartography in the
Twentieth Century, continues this tradition with a groundbreaking
survey of the century just ended and a new full-color, encyclopedic
format. The twentieth century is a pivotal period in map history.
The transition from paper to digital formats led to previously
unimaginable dynamic and interactive maps. Geographic information
systems radically altered cartographic institutions and reduced the
skill required to create maps. Satellite positioning and mobile
communications revolutionized wayfinding. Mapping evolved as an
important tool for coping with complexity, organizing knowledge,
and influencing public opinion in all parts of the globe and at all
levels of society. Volume 6 covers these changes comprehensively,
while thoroughly demonstrating the far-reaching effects of maps on
science, technology, and society - and vice versa. The lavishly
produced volume includes more than five hundred articles
accompanied by more than a thousand images, most in full color.
Hundreds of expert contributors provide both original research,
often based on their own participation in the developments they
describe, and interpretations of larger trends in cartography.
Designed for use by both scholars and the general public, this
definitive volume is a reference work of first resort for all who
study and love maps.
This book explores the US patent system, which helped practical
minded innovators establish intellectual property rights and
fulfill the need for achievement that motivates inventors and
scholars alike. In this sense, the patent system was a parallel
literature: a vetting institution similar to the conventional
academic-scientific-technical journal insofar as the patent
examiner was both editor and peer reviewer, while the patent
attorney was a co-author or ghost writer. In probing evolving
notions of novelty, non-obviousness, and cumulative innovation,
Mark Monmonier examines rural address guides, folding schemes,
world map projections, diverse improvements of the terrestrial
globe, mechanical route-following machines that anticipated the GPS
navigator, and the early electrical you-are-here mall map, which
opened the way for digital cartography and provided fodder for
patent trolls, who treat the patent largely as a license to
litigate.
The text explains how maps can tell us a lot about where we can
anticipate certain hazards, but also how maps can be dangerously
misleading. It considers that although it is important to predict
and prepare for catastrophic natural hazards, more subtle and
persistent phenomena such as pollution and crime also pose serious
dangers that we have to cope with on a daily basis. Hazard-zone
maps, the text explains, highlight these more insidious hazards and
raise awareness about them among planners, local officials and the
public. With the help of many maps illustrating examples from all
corners of the United States, the text demonstrates how hazard
mapping reflects not just scientific understanding of hazards but
also perceptions of risk and how risk can be reduced.
Some maps help us find our way; others restrict where we go and
what we do. These maps control behavior, regulating activities from
flying to fishing, prohibiting students from one part of town from
being schooled on the other, and banishing certain individuals and
industries to the periphery. This restrictive cartography has
boomed in recent decades as governments seek regulate activities as
diverse as hiking, building a residence, opening a store, locating
a chemical plant, or painting your house anything but regulation
colors. It is this aspect of mapping--its power to prohibit--that
celebrated geographer Mark Monmonier tackles in "No Dig, No Fly, No
Go."
Rooted in ancient Egypt's need to reestablish property boundaries
following the annual retreat of the Nile's floodwaters, restrictive
mapping has been indispensable in settling the American West,
claiming slices of Antarctica, protecting fragile ocean fisheries,
and keeping sex offenders away from playgrounds. But it has also
been used for opprobrium: during one of the darkest moments in
American history, cartographic exclusion orders helped send
thousands of Japanese Americans to remote detention camps. Tracing
the power of prohibitive mapping at multiple levels--from regional
to international--and multiple dimensions--from property to
cyberspace--Monmonier demonstrates how much boundaries influence
our experience--from homeownership and voting to taxation and
airline travel. A worthy successor to his critically acclaimed "How
to Lie with Maps, " the book is replete with all of the hallmarks
of a Monmonier classic, including the wry observations and witty
humor.
In the end, Monmonier looks far beyond the lines on the page to
observe that mapped boundaries, however persuasive their
appearance, are not always as permanent and impermeable as their
cartographic lines might suggest. Written for anyone who votes,
owns a home, or aspires to be an informed citizen, "No Dig, No Fly.
No Go" will change the way we look at maps forever.
Some maps help us find our way; others restrict where we go and
what we do. These maps control behavior, regulating activities from
flying to fishing, prohibiting students from one part of town from
being schooled on the other, and banishing certain individuals and
industries to the periphery. This restrictive cartography has
boomed in recent decades as governments seek regulate activities as
diverse as hiking, building a residence, opening a store, locating
a chemical plant, or painting your house anything but regulation
colors. It is this aspect of mapping--its power to prohibit--that
celebrated geographer Mark Monmonier tackles in "No Dig, No Fly, No
Go."
Rooted in ancient Egypt's need to reestablish property boundaries
following the annual retreat of the Nile's floodwaters, restrictive
mapping has been indispensable in settling the American West,
claiming slices of Antarctica, protecting fragile ocean fisheries,
and keeping sex offenders away from playgrounds. But it has also
been used for opprobrium: during one of the darkest moments in
American history, cartographic exclusion orders helped send
thousands of Japanese Americans to remote detention camps. Tracing
the power of prohibitive mapping at multiple levels--from regional
to international--and multiple dimensions--from property to
cyberspace--Monmonier demonstrates how much boundaries influence
our experience--from homeownership and voting to taxation and
airline travel. A worthy successor to his critically acclaimed "How
to Lie with Maps, " the book is replete with all of the hallmarks
of a Monmonier classic, including the wry observations and witty
humor.
In the end, Monmonier looks far beyond the lines on the page to
observe that mapped boundaries, however persuasive their
appearance, are not always as permanent and impermeable as their
cartographic lines might suggest. Written for anyone who votes,
owns a home, or aspires to be an informed citizen, "No Dig, No Fly.
No Go" will change the way we look at maps forever.
Every night across the country, viewers tune in to their evening
news to glimpse the next day's weather. They are treated to graphic
images of invading air masses, colliding fronts, and growing
tropical storms. This book is the story of this tool, the weather
map, which in its many forms has made the atmosphere visible,
understandable, and at least moderately predictable. No other maps
are so spontaneously timely, so widely and frequently consulted,
and so central to the daily activities of so many. The singular
history of the weather map developed around the twin poles of
weather's many facets and the public's varied needs. Mark Monmonier
traces the contentious debates among scientists eager to unravel
the enigma of storms and global change, explains the strategies for
mapping the upper atmosphere and forecasting disaster, and exposes
the efforts to detect and control air pollution. He introduces Karl
Theodor, a Bavarian politician who devised one of the first
weather-tracking networks in the late-18th century, and Heinrich
Wilhelm Brandes, who drew the first maps of European weather in
1819 - for the year of 1783. Monmonier also explores the
interaction between technology - from the telegraph to the Internet
- and weather forecasting.
Writers know only too well how long it can take--and how awkward it
can be--to describe spatial relationships with words alone. And
while a map might not always be worth a thousand words, a good one
can help writers communicate an argument or explanation clearly,
succinctly, and effectively.
In his acclaimed "How to Lie with Maps, " Mark Monmonier showed how
maps can distort facts. In "Mapping it Out: Expository Cartography
for the Humanities and Social Sciences, " he shows authors and
scholars how they can use expository cartography--the visual,
two-dimensional organization of information--to heighten the impact
of their books and articles.
This concise, practical book is an introduction to the fundamental
principles of graphic logic and design, from the basics of scale to
the complex mapping of movement or change. Monmonier helps writers
and researchers decide when maps are most useful and what formats
work best in a wide range of subject areas, from literary criticism
to sociology. He demonstrates, for example, various techniques for
representing changes and patterns; different typefaces and how they
can either clarify or confuse information; and the effectiveness of
less traditional map forms, such as visibility base maps,
frame-rectangle symbols, and complementary scatterplot designs for
conveying complex spatial relationships.
There is also a wealth of practical information on map compilation,
cartobibliographies, copyright and permissions, facsimile
reproduction, and the evaluation of source materials. Appendixes
discuss the benefits and limitations of electronic graphics and
pen-and-ink drafting, and how to work with a cartographic
illustrator.
Clearly written, and filled with real-world examples, "Mapping it
Out" demystifies mapmaking for anyone writing in the humanities and
social sciences.
"A useful guide to a subject most people probably take too much for
granted. It shows how map makers translate abstract data into
eye-catching cartograms, as they are called. It combats
cartographic illiteracy. It fights cartophobia. It may even teach
you to find your way."--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, "The New York
Times"
Maps, as we know, help us find our way around. But they're also
powerful tools for someone hoping to find "you," Widely available
in electronic and paper formats, maps offer revealing insights into
our movements and activities, even our likes and dislikes. In
"Spying with Maps," the "mapmatician" Mark Monmonier looks at the
increased use of geographic data, satellite imagery, and location
tracking across a wide range of fields such as military
intelligence, law enforcement, market research, and traffic
engineering. Could these diverse forms of geographic monitoring, he
asks, lead to grave consequences for society? To assess this very
real threat, he explains how geospatial technology works, what it
can reveal, who uses it, and to what effect.
Despite our apprehension about surveillance technology, "Spying
with Maps" is not a jeremiad, crammed with dire warnings about eyes
in the sky and invasive tracking. Monmonier's approach encompasses
both skepticism and the acknowledgment that geospatial technology
brings with it unprecedented benefits to governments, institutions,
and individuals, especially in an era of asymmetric warfare and
bioterrorism. Monmonier frames his explanations of what this new
technology is and how it works with the question of whether
locational privacy is a fundamental right. Does the right to be
left alone include not letting Big Brother (or a legion of Little
Brothers) know where we are or where we've been? What sacrifices
must we make for homeland security and open government?
With his usual wit and clarity, Monmonier offers readers an
engaging, even-handed introduction to the dark side of the new
technology that surrounds us--from traffic cameras andweather
satellites to personal GPS devices and wireless communications.
Blending meteorological history with the history of scientific
cartography, Monmonier charts the phenomenon of lake-effect snow
and explores the societal impacts of extreme weather. Along the
way, he introduces readers to natural philosophers who gradually
identified this distinctive weather pattern, to tales of
communities adapting to notoriously disruptive storms, and to some
of the snowiest regions of the country. Characterized by intense
snowfalls lasting from a couple of minutes to several days,
lake-effect snow is deposited by narrow bands of clouds formed when
cold, dry arctic air passes over a large, relatively warm inland
lake. With perhaps only half the water content of regular snow,
lake snow is typically light, fluffy, and relatively easy to
shovel. Intriguing stories of lake effect’s quirky behavior and
diverse impacts include widespread ignorance of the phenomenon in
the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Since then a network
of systematic observers have collected several decades of data
worth mapping, and reliable shortterm predictions based on
satellites, Doppler radar, and computer models are now available.
Moving effortlessly from atmospheric science to anecdotes,
Monmonier offers a richly detailed account of a type of weather
that has long been misunderstood. Residents of lake-effect regions,
history buffs, and weather junkies alike will relish this
entertaining and informative book.
Brassiere Hills, Alaska. Mollys Nipple, Utah. Outhouse Draw,
Nevada. In the early twentieth century, it was common for towns and
geographical features to have salacious, bawdy, and even derogatory
names. In the age before political correctness, mapmakers readily
accepted any local preference for place names, prizing accurate
representation over standards of decorum. But later, when sanctions
prohibited local use of racially, ethnically, and scatalogically
offensive toponyms, names like Jap Valley, California, were erased
from the national and cultural map forever."
""From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow" probes this little-known
chapter in American cartographic history by considering the
intersecting efforts to computerize mapmaking, standardize
geographic names, and respond to public concern over ethnically
offensive appellations. Unlike other books that consider place
names, this is the first to reflect on both the real cartographic
and political imbroglios they engender.
"From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow "is Mark Monmonier at his
finest: a learned analysis of a timely and controversial subject
rendered accessible--and even entertaining--to the general reader.
"Engaging . . . a trove of giggle-inducing lore."--"Publishers
Weekly"
"[An] excellent book. . . . [Mark Monmonier] is an able populariser
of academic geography, and an expert guide to the bureaucratic,
legal and political hierarchies that determine how places acquire,
change and lose their names."--"The Economist"
"Fascinating. . . . The book will interest anyone who has ever
wondered how place names have come to be established by locals, and
then come to endure on maps--at least until the advance ofpolitical
correctness."--Susan Gole, "Times Higher Education Supplement"
No place is perfectly safe, but some places are more dangerous than
others. Whether we live on a floodplain or in "Tornado Alley," near
a nuclear facility or in a neighborhood poorly lit at night, we all
co-exist uneasily with natural and man-made hazards. As Mark
Monmonier shows in this entertaining and immensely informative
book, maps can tell us a lot about where we can anticipate certain
hazards, but they can also be dangerously misleading.
California, for example, takes earthquakes seriously, with a
comprehensive program of seismic mapping, whereas Washington has
been comparatively lax about earthquakes in Puget Sound. But as the
Northridge earthquake in January 1994 demonstrated all too clearly
to Californians, even reliable seismic-hazard maps can deceive
anyone who misinterprets "known fault-lines" as the only places
vulnerable to earthquakes.
Important as it is to predict and prepare for catastrophic natural
hazards, more subtle and persistent phenomena such as pollution and
crime also pose serious dangers that we have to cope with on a
daily basis. Hazard-zone maps highlight these more insidious
hazards and raise awareness about them among planners, local
officials, and the public.
With the help of many maps illustrating examples from all corners
of the United States, Monmonier demonstrates how hazard mapping
reflects not just scientific understanding of hazards but also
perceptions of risk and how risk can be reduced. Whether you live
on a faultline or a coastline, near a toxic waste dump or an
EMF-generating power line, you ignore this book's plain-language
advice on geographic hazards and how to avoid them at your own
peril.
"No one should buy a home, rentan apartment, or even drink the
local water without having read this fascinating cartographic alert
on the dangers that lurk in our everyday lives. . . . Who has not
asked where it is safe to live? "Cartographies of Danger" provides
the answer."--H. J. de Blij, "NBC News"
"Even if you're not interested in maps, you're almost certainly
interested in hazards. And this book is one of the best places I've
seen to learn about them in a highly entertaining and informative
fashion."--John Casti, "New Scientist"
Writers know only too well how long it can take--and how awkward it
can be--to describe spatial relationships with words alone. And
while a map might not always be worth a thousand words, a good one
can help writers communicate an argument or explanation clearly,
succinctly, and effectively. In his acclaimed How to Lie with Maps,
Mark Monmonier showed how maps can distort facts. In Mapping it
Out: Expository Cartography for the Humanities and Social Sciences,
he shows authors and scholars how they can use expository
cartography--the visual, two-dimensional organization of
information--to heighten the impact of their books and articles.
This concise, practical book is an introduction to the fundamental
principles of graphic logic and design, from the basics of scale to
the complex mapping of movement or change. Monmonier helps writers
and researchers decide when maps are most useful and what formats
work best in a wide range of subject areas, from literary criticism
to sociology. He demonstrates, for example, various techniques for
representing changes and patterns; different typefaces and how they
can either clarify or confuse information; and the effectiveness of
less traditional map forms, such as visibility base maps,
frame-rectangle symbols, and complementary scatterplot designs for
conveying complex spatial relationships. There is also a wealth of
practical information on map compilation, cartobibliographies,
copyright and permissions, facsimile reproduction, and the
evaluation of source materials. Appendixes discuss the benefits and
limitations of electronic graphics and pen-and-ink drafting, and
how to work with a cartographic illustrator. Clearly written, and
filled with real-world examples, Mapping it Out demystifies
mapmaking for anyone writing in the humanities and social sciences.
A useful guide to a subject most people probably take too much for
granted. It shows how map makers translate abstract data into
eye-catching cartograms, as they are called. It combats
cartographic illiteracy. It fights cartophobia. It may even teach
you to find your way.--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York
Times
Maps, as we know, help us find our way around. But they're also
powerful tools for someone hoping to find "you," Widely available
in electronic and paper formats, maps offer revealing insights into
our movements and activities, even our likes and dislikes. In
"Spying with Maps," the "mapmatician" Mark Monmonier looks at the
increased use of geographic data, satellite imagery, and location
tracking across a wide range of fields such as military
intelligence, law enforcement, market research, and traffic
engineering. Could these diverse forms of geographic monitoring, he
asks, lead to grave consequences for society? To assess this very
real threat, he explains how geospatial technology works, what it
can reveal, who uses it, and to what effect.
Despite our apprehension about surveillance technology, "Spying
with Maps" is not a jeremiad, crammed with dire warnings about eyes
in the sky and invasive tracking. Monmonier's approach encompasses
both skepticism and the acknowledgment that geospatial technology
brings with it unprecedented benefits to governments, institutions,
and individuals, especially in an era of asymmetric warfare and
bioterrorism. Monmonier frames his explanations of what this new
technology is and how it works with the question of whether
locational privacy is a fundamental right. Does the right to be
left alone include not letting Big Brother (or a legion of Little
Brothers) know where we are or where we've been? What sacrifices
must we make for homeland security and open government?
With his usual wit and clarity, Monmonier offers readers an
engaging, even-handed introduction to the dark side of the new
technology that surrounds us--from traffic cameras andweather
satellites to personal GPS devices and wireless communications.
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